| Place | Performance | Athlete | Team |
| 1 | 04:18.99 | Q: REES - GARRICK THOMAS | JS |
| 2 | 04:19.34 | Q: MOLAETSA - MPHO | TUKS |
| 3 | 04:19.86 | Q: LOUW - HANNES | BACKTRACK |
| 4 | 04:20.03 | Q: LOUW - WILLIE | BACKTRACK |
| 5 | 04:20.30 | Q: MABOTE - BOKANG | TUKS |
| 6 | 04:20.87 | Q: MKUMBEBI - MPHUMELO | TUKS |
| 7 | 04:21.16 | q: RYBNIKAR - RONIN | CENTURION |
| 8 | 04:21.27 | -: LEBELO - PHAATSI | TUKS |
| 9 | 04:25.40 | -: VAN HEERDEN - IAN | AFFIES SEUNS |
| 10 | 04:30.23 | -: COLLINS - NEIL | AFFIES SEUNS |
| 11 | 04:40.56 | -: TITUS - CONNOR | TUKS |